Staff Accountant

Overview:
Our client, a well-established manufacturing company, is seeking a Staff Accountant with strong accounts payable experience to join their growing finance team. This role offers hands-on involvement in day-to-day accounting operations, with a primary focus on AP processing, reconciliations, and month-end close support. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, organized, and eager to contribute to a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage full-cycle accounts payable, including invoice processing, purchase order matching, and vendor payment preparation.

• Review and verify accuracy of vendor invoices, coding transactions to the appropriate accounts and cost centers.

• Process weekly check runs, ACH payments, and credit card transactions in accordance with company policy.

• Reconcile vendor statements, investigate discrepancies, and maintain positive vendor relationships.

• Assist with month-end closing activities, including accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries related to AP.

• Support accounts receivable functions as needed, including cash application and customer communication.

• Collaborate with purchasing, operations, and other departments to resolve invoice or receiving discrepancies.

• Maintain organized and accurate financial records, ensuring compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.

• 2 years of experience in accounts payable or general accounting, ideally in a manufacturing or product-based environment.

• Proficiency in Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables) and experience with ERP systems such as SAP, NetSuite, Sage, or similar.

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and team-oriented attitude.
  

Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.

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Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.